meteorology (meteoroloji)

[F. mé téorologie = Sp. meteorología = Pg. It. meteo rologia, In sundry animals we deny not a kind of natural mete orology , or innate presentation both of wind and weather. Sir T. Browne, Vulg. Err., ііі. 10. Optical meteorology, the science of the luminous phenomena of the atmosphere. - Practical or applied meteorology, the study of the bearing and effect of weather on human interests. It embraces especially: (1) weather forecasts; (2) medical meteorology, or the relation of weather and climate to health and disease; and (3) agricultural meteorology, or the relation of climate and weather to vegetable growth. - The new or higher meteorology, the explanation of the motions of the atmosphere, and the origin and development of storms, by deductive mathematical proce es based on the laws of hydrodynamics and thermodynamics. - Theoretical meteorology, the study of the physics and mechanics of the atmosphere, and the cosmical influences affecting terrestrial atmospherics. To take the form of a meteor; ascend in va IMG:content-0552.jpg:[blocks in formation]